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UNITED STA JOHN J. FINK AND o'rro ZSCHUNKE, or Loni, CALIFORNIA.

I COLLAR-DISPLAY CASE.

Application filed February 20, 1923. Serial No. 620.16%.

T all w ham it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN J. FINK and Or'ro ZSOI-IUNKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Lodi, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I Collar-Display Cases; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for displaying mens collars, such as are used extensively in or about the show cases and windows of mens furnishing shops to display different shapes and kinds of collars.

Heretofore, as far as we are aware, the collars have been always rigidly mounted in the display case and present only a front view to the prospective purchaser.

If he desires to get a profile or side view of the collar, or a back view of the same he must either walk around the display case, which is usually impossible on account of the location and mounting of the case, or the salesman must take whatever styles of collar are desired to be viewed from their respective,

boxes, which is often a. loss of time to the salesman and frequently results in the col.- lars being soiled before they are ever sold or worn.

The principal object of our invention, therefore, is to provide a display case, with a collar display rack mountedtherein, so arranged that the collars maybe rotated without opening or disturbing the case, and having means for enabling this rotative movement being imparted either by the salesman or the customer himself.

Thus an intending purchaser may easily view a number of collars simultaneously and from all angles, so that he may make his choice without the necessity of further dis play by the salesman.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of our improved display case.

Fig. 2-is a fragmentarybottom plan viewthereof, I I 1 Referring now more particularly to the characters of ,refeerence on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the base of the case,

2 the top, and 3 the sides, the latter being.

usually all of glass.

Turnably mounted in the case centrally thereof and extending from top to bottom isa rod or shaft 4, jour'naled in a bearing 5 fixed on the under side of thetop 2 and in an alined bearing sleeve 6 sunk into the base 1, a collar 7 .i'no'unted on the shaft resting on the sleeve 6 and preventing the shaft from' downward movement. I

Rig-idly but adjustably secured on the shaft in suitably spaced relation are collar supporting members 8 of ordinary character, on which the collars 9 to be displayed are removably fixed.

On the lower end of the shaft, which projects below the sleeve 6 is a pinion 10 engaged by a horizontal rack 11 slidably seated in a groove or recess 12 cut in the under face of the base 1, straps 3 countesunk in the base bridging the recess below the rack, and preventing displacement of the latter.

Limited longitudinal movement of the rack, in both directions sufrlcient to rotate the pinion and shaft little if any more than a half turn is had by reason of upturned" stops or lips 14: on both ends, which abut against the base and limit the travel of the rack. a

One of said stops projects outside the base and serves'as a finger grip to manipulate the rack, the edge of the base adjacent said stop being recessed as at 15 if desired so as to enable the finger of the operator more easily grasping said handle or finger grip.

After the operating mechanism is assembled, the bottom of the base is preferably. covered with felt 16 or the like, especially if the case is to be stationed on top of an ordinary counter or store case. The operating mechanism is thus completely. concealed, nothing being visible but the outer lip 14. The operation of the device needs no 8X- planation, since it will be evident that to show either the side or back views of the nipulate the rack to rotate the shaft, on which the collars are mounted, the necesa-mount.

It Will be evident that- While We. have shown and described a case having only one collar supporting shaft, as many more may be mounted in a single case as may be found desirable.

From the foregoing description it Will be readily. seen that We have produced such a device substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

l/Vhile this specification. sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A display device for merchandise including a fixed base, a vertical shaft turnably mounted thereon, merchandise supporting members mounted on the shaft, a pinion on the shaft, a rack slidably mounted in the base and engaging the pinion, one end of the rack projecting beyond the base, and a finger grip on the rack at said outer end.

2. A display device for merchandise in eluding a fixed base, a vertical shaft turnably mounted thereon, merchandise supporting members mounted on the shaft, a pinion on the shaft, a hand operated rack slidably mounted in the base and engaging said pinion, and means for limiting the movement of the rack in both directions.

3. A. display device for merchandise including a fixed base, a vertical shaft turnably mounted thereon, merchandise support ing members mounted on the shaft, a pinion on the shaft, a hand operated rack slidably mounted in the base and engaging said pinion, and means whereby said rack may only move in either direction'sufficient to turn the pinion through a hall revolution with such movement.

i. A display case for merchandise comprising a base, a vertical shaft carrying inerchandise-supporting means turnably mounted on the base, a pinion on the shaft belowthe upper face of the base, a flat rackstrip slidable in the base and engaging the pinion, the rack projecting from the base one end, and both ends being upturned to alternately abut against the base and limit the travel of the rack.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signa-.

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OTTO ZSCHUNKE. JOHN J. FINK. 

